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Our Patron, Margaret Carey

Margaret Carey’s career spans local education, international development, and extensive work with marginalised communities. In 1993, Margaret established the Inside Out Trust, pioneering restorative justice projects across prisons in England and Wales, and chaired the Restorative Justice Consortium. She has also served as Chair of Circles UK and Sussex Pathways, contributing significantly to prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration efforts. Additionally, Margaret’s public service includes seven years as an Independent Member of the Parole Board and twenty-three years as a magistrate.

Originally named the Margaret Carey Foundation, our organisation was founded in 2010 with Margaret as Patron, delivering a range of prison and community-based projects primarily in the north and north-east of England. To improve brand recognition and clearly reflect our mission, we recently changed our name. Margaret continues her active community involvement, including founding the Hurst Festival in West Sussex and contributing to various charitable causes. In recognition of her extensive service to the charitable sector, Margaret was awarded the MBE in 2001.

Our Trustees

Our board of volunteer trustees donate considerable time, expertise, and guidance to support UpCycle’s strategic direction. We would like to thank our past trustees who donated time, talent, and hard work to establish the charity and oversee its development.

Bill Schofield
Chair of Trustees
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Bill Schofield
Bill joined the board of trustees in December 2016 and took on the role of chair in June 2018.
Working for the National Offender Management Service in an assurance role, he has extensive professional experience in rehabilitating individuals with offending behaviour and is drawn to the UpCycle ethos of helping support those who wish to make changes to their life through training and employment.
With considerable experience in school governance, Bill has spent over 16 years leading governing bodies in both primary and secondary schools and brings a wealth of experience in good governance.
In his leisure time, Bill enjoys country walks with his dog Milo and travelling the country on caravan holidays with his wife and daughters.
Larissa Engelmann
Treasurer
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Larissa Engelmann
Larissa was looking for ways in which to support local community projects and was instantly convinced by MFCs/Upcycle’s great vision and fantastic with Prisons and the local community. Having previously led a cycling project for minority groups in Edinburgh, she is passionate about the ways in which bicycles can bring people together and develop a sense of empowerment. She is also an avid cyclist herself always looking for new routes to explore. She has a Bronze Velotech qualification (Bike maintenance) and would love to use some of this knowledge to further support some of the on the ground work of the organisation.
Larissa works as a researcher within the Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre at the University of Leeds on projects seeking to improve police’s engagement with vulnerable groups. She has extensive knowledge and partnerships within the criminal justice system as well as local community groups, which she will use to further support MFCs/Upcycle’s mission. She is passionate about supporting vulnerable groups and local communities and developing meaningful rehabilitation programs by empowering people to live their lives to their full potential.
Roger Armstrong
Trustee
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Roger Armstrong
While Roger hails originally from London he has lived in the Bradford area since 1972.
On retiring from the solicitors’ practice he set up with two colleagues in 2003, Roger had more time to develop new interests and joined the board of trustees in May 2019.
UpCycle appealed to Roger as it linked his working and leisure life’s various stages. Initially working for a charity in Leeds as a Social Worker with adults and children who had impaired hearing, he then worked for Bradford Council as both a social worker and social work manager with a particular focus on children and families, including engagement with the criminal justice system. Roger then retrained as a solicitor and worked from 1992 until retirement in mid-2018. He specialises in trust work, which includes charities.
Roger is a keen social cyclist in his leisure time, which led him to the UpCycle website. He can also be seen out several times daily with Dug, the chocolate Labrador.
Rhianon Williams
Trustee
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Rhianon Williams
Rhianon joined the board of trustees in September 2022, supporting the fundraising and impact data team. She has been working in the criminal justice system for 12 years, both for ministries of justice and for community organisations. Her professional focus has been on developing and implementing initiatives to bring communities and prisons closer and training prison and probation staff in the skills they need to support effective rehabilitation of people in prison and sustainable reintegration on release.
Rhianon lives and works in Germany and runs her own non-profit organisation.
Andrew Lewin
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Andrew Lewin
Originally from Australia, now living in London Andrew spent 30 years plus’ experience delivering banking and trading systems for various financial institutions in the City of London. Whilst rewarding, Andrew decided to shift his priorities towards roles that are community oriented and fun!
Since 2014, Andrew has worked in bicycle sales for Pearson Cycles, the world’s oldest bicycle shop. He really enjoyed utilising his reconnecting with the local cycling community and learning new skills. Andrew has volunteered with the Bike Project, supporting refugees through access to sustainable transport, and most recently worked with His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. In this role, he collaborated closely with charitable organisations to enhance rehabilitation pathways and strengthen support networks within prisons and probation settings through partnership working and funding innovative and progressive projects which support rehabilitation and reduce re-offending.
A chance, somewhat serendipitous discussion with a fellow trustee led him to Upcycle. He is very excited about the future prospects of Upcycle and working with his fellow trustees.
Paris Nelson-Wallace
Trustee
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Paris Nelson-Wallace
Having joined the board of trustees in December 2023, Paris is a progressive with passions in social science discourse, criminal justice interventions, and human rights activism. It was the prison and community work UpCycle does that initially attracted him to the organisation. He has rich lived experiences around the criminal justice sector having been raised in an inner city environment where gang violence and incarceration is normalised within the community.
Paris has accredited training in trauma informed care alongside other higher educational achievements relevant to the criminal justice system. He has the utmost respect for the mission and direction of UpCycle and hopes to bring a unique perspective of value to the board of trustees
Ian McDonald
Trustee
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Ian McDonald
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David Chadwick
Trustee
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David Chadwick
David spent seven years in logistics before returning to Nelson to run the family bicycle-bag company. Over three decades he grew it into a recognised brand, diversifying into medical and recycled lines, and earned Pendle’s Best Small Business (2013) and the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade (2014); the business was sold in 2021 and he stepped back in 2024.
In 2017 he helped a Malawi charity launch an inner-tube upcycling sewing enterprise.
A lifelong cyclist based in Skipton, he has tackled iconic climbs and events across the UK and Europe and marshalled the Tour de France’s Yorkshire stage in 2013.